You Get What You Measure®: A Process to Determine and Measure Progress in Community Development

Tags: Community Economic Development, Measurement, Systems Thinking, Tool Development, You Get What You Measure

Client Name: Yellow Wood Associates

Location: Vermont

Resource Type: Article

Author Org: Yellow Wood Associates

Author: Shanna Ratner

Year: 2012

This CD Practice article describes You Get What You Measure®, a process that integrates participatory planning and systems thinking into the development of strategic measures so that communities can monitor progress toward community development goals. The article presents a discussion of determining goals, planning for measurement and translating plans into actions.

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